Eight people linked to national IDs registration racket charged

Police officers guard youths arraigned  in court for committing various offenses during the new year in Mombasa County on Jan.6,2026. [Omondi Onyango,Standard]

Eight people, among them six Kenyans, a Burundian and Rwandese, were on Tuesday arraigned at the Kahawa Law Courts where they faced 12 counts related to the illegal registration of persons.

Titus Muasya, Judy Kemunto, Festus Bahati, Moses Magoya, Yayha Daud, Abdikadir Mohamed, Ruth Osebe, Marius Havyarimana and Victor Kamanda were arrested on Monday after they were summoned at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations.